(cf. Barry Raftery, A Late Ogham Inscription from Co. Tipperary. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 99, 1969, 163 f.):

Ogham Inscription:

ᚃᚐᚐᚄᚂᚔᚌᚄᚑᚅᚐᚂᚒᚐᚈᚐᚋᚐᚏᚔᚅᚔᚇᚆᚔᚋᚒᚄᚐ
ᚑᚋᚁᚐᚂᚂᚔᚅᚐᚌᚉᚏᚐᚅᚔᚁᚆ

Fa an lig so na lu ata Mari ni Dhimusa
o mballi na gCranibh

"Beneath this stone lieth Mári Ní Dhíomasaigh
from Ballycranna"

(Grave stone of Mary Dempsey, dated Jan. 4th, 1802)

English inscription:
"Beneath this sepulchral tomb lie the remains
of Mary Dempsey who departed this life
January the 4th 1802 aged 17 years"

"The Ahenny stone .. is eloquent testimony to the
continuing existence and knowledge of the Ogham
alphabet among the country people of early
nineteenth century Ireland, a continuity which can
be traced in sporadic instances from the middle of
the frist millennium A.D. at least."

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